meaning of prepare
1. To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a lesson.
2. To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment.
3. To make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion.
4. To make ones self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death.
5. Preparation.
6. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel
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